Whether you work from home full-time or occasionally, odds are you'll be out and about at some point during the day. Weblog Web Worker Daily explains why it's especially important for home workers to keep some alternative offices in mind.

Blogger Georgina Laidlaw writes that when she started working remotely, she was under the misguided idea that she'd "spend her days working away in the home office with a pot of tea at my elbow". As it turns out, she's been doing more work out of her home office than in it. Which is why she suggests web commuters—perhaps more so than their office-based counterparts—need to have at least one other office.

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Some obvious examples include cafes and libraries. As a general rule, a good alternative office should have Wi-Fi access, decent lighting, be quiet, and allow you to linger there for hours. You should also be familiar with its opening and closing hours. Georgina also says that your chosen alternative office should provide easy access to both public transportation and your clients.